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- noun Plural form of
crankarm .
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Examples
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Pedal washers are included to protect carbon crankarms from CPSC flat pedals the pedal wrench flats will dig in and can ruin the arm.
Ask Nick: Tire choice for an epic, re-gluing tubulars, post-crash replacements and more 2011
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The pedals thread into tri-lobed inserts at the ends of the crankarms.
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Extractor: T & E Tools one-ton two-jaw puller model J1020 available for $24 on Amazon via Apex Tool Co. This small simple tool seems like it was specifically designed to remove PT crankarms.
Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Keeping cyclocross brakes centered, pulling that PT crank 2010
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Ultimately, I concluded, it would need to be removed destructively and replaced, but in the meantime I simply reassembled it and moved on to making sure the crankarms were on tight:
BSNYC Product Review: Walmart's Mongoose Cachet "Fixed-Speed" Bicycle BikeSnobNYC 2010
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So McAinsh and his team ran load studies on crankarms and discovered (after running programs continuously for several days) that surprising amounts of material could be removed from unexpected places on the cranks and spider.
Eurobike report: Deda, 3T, Rotor, Ritchey, Campagnolo and Prologo components 2010
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Rather than using a split spindle anchored in both crankarms and joined in the middle (like Ultra Torque), the Power Torque system resembles Shimano and SRAM units, with a bottom bracket spindle originating in the drive side crankarm.
Tech News – Campagnolo overhauls Centaur and Veloce groups for 2011, updates Khamsin wheelset 2010
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I'll just put a 10 speed cassette on my crankarms.
Rotting from the Bottom Up: Whither the Entry-Level Road Group? BikeSnobNYC 2008
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G mountain bike triple crankset offers a tantalizing mix of features, such as a giant 30mm-diameter aluminum spindle, externally located BB30-sized cartridge bearings, forged-and-machined 7050 aluminum oversized crankarms, a race-ready 790g complete weight and a reasonable US$325 price tag.
unknown title 2009
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G mountain bike triple crankset offers a tantalizing mix of features, such as a giant 30mm-diameter aluminum spindle, externally located BB30-sized cartridge bearings, forged-and-machined 7050 aluminum oversized crankarms, a race-ready 790g complete weight and a reasonable US$325 price tag.
unknown title 2009
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It brings the familiar simplicity of Campy’s 11-speed Ultra Torque crank and BB installation, with threaded external cups and an oversized spindle joining the crankarms.
Tech News – Campagnolo overhauls Centaur and Veloce groups for 2011, updates Khamsin wheelset 2010
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